[Infographic] Managing IT Risk in Your Organization

Oct Wed, 2018

With the conclusion of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, organizations should feel better prepared to defend against data breaches. Managing IT risk in your organization begins from the top down, as well as the cyber security culture you create. In 2017, there were 53,000 security incidents and over 2,200 data breaches. As hackers become more sophisticated in the way they target organizations and breach their systems, security awareness and training will become an important factor in minimizing human error, which is the cause of about 90% of cyber attacks. This year some of the top cyber risks include human error, phishing, ransomware, hacking, Shadow IT, and insider threats. Luckily, there are risk management best practices you can take to safeguard your data and your systems. Check out the infographic below to learn what some of these best practices are.